RETARDATION
\ɹɪtɑːdˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹɪtɑːdˈeɪʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ɑː_d_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.
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The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; - opposed to acceleration.
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The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; - differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
By Oddity Software
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The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.
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The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; - opposed to acceleration.
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The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; - differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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